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MacGregor, Alex – TESOL Journal, 2014
Sinclair (1991) found that lexical analysis can be overcomplicated, yet Johns (1994) called for investigation into whether corpus analysis can motivate beginners and near-beginners. The findings of this research suggest that young EFL learners can enjoy using corpus analysis tools (wordlists and concordances) to identify, classify, and generalize…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Student Motivation, Novices, Word Lists
Newman, Murray A.; Baily, Bruce E. – 1971
This study contains a rank-ordered listing of 1,000 most frequently occurring words accompanied by the percentage and cumulative percentage of language production accounted for by individual words and groups of words. The data are based on eight preschool word frequency counts ranging in date of appearance from 1928 to 1971. One of the advantages…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Statistical Data
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Mackey, W.F.; Savard, J. -G. – 1967
To supplement other lists of most useful words based on such criteria as frequency of usage, range, and availability, this listing measures the capacity of 3,000 words of the French vocabulary to define, extend the meaning of, or to replace other words. Descriptions of the measures of definition, inclusion, extension, and combination are followed…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Computational Linguistics, Coordinate Indexes, Data Analysis
Street, Jack D. – French Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Christianity, Eighteenth Century Literature, French Literature, Prose
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Chiu, Rosaline K. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1973
Report on a research project to classify various language registers as related to advanced instruction of English as a foreign language; supported by the English Curriculum Section of the Language Bureau, Public Service Commission of Canada. (RS)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Curriculum Development, Diagrams, English (Second Language)
PFEFFER, J. ALAN – 1968
THIRD IN A SERIES OF RELATED STUDIES UNDERTAKEN TO ARRIVE AT THE CORE ELEMENTS OF SPOKEN GERMAN, THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE LATEST COMPUTER TECHNIQUES IN FREQUENCY ANALYSIS. AN INTRODUCTION EXAMINES AND REDEFINES THE CONCEPT OF IDIOMATIC PATTERNS. THE BODY OF THE TEXT LISTS, BY FREQUENCY AND RANGE, 1,100 OF THE MOST COMMON IDIOMS IN SPOKEN GERMAN.…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, German, Idioms, Instructional Materials